End-gate



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P. H. ALLEN.

END GATE. y

Patented Jan, 24,1888.

IJvVEJvToR I .dttorney UNITED STATES PATENT l OFFICE.

FRANK HAEEAE ALLEN, or roar ALLEN, LOUISIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,84'2, dated January 24, 1888.

Application filed October 6I 1887. Serial No. 251,602. (Nonmodcl.)

. To all whom t may concern.-

' Beit known that I, FRANK HARRAR ALLEN,

a citizen of the United States of America, re` siding at Port Allen, in the parish of West Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and'us'eful Improvements in Devices for VVagou or Cart Tail Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

'This invention relates to fasteningsv for wagon end-gates; and it consists in the construction, novel arrangement, and adaptation of devices as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is au end View of a wagon-body, showing my improvements appliedto its gate. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a detail ofthe same. Fig. 3 `is a plan view'of one of the fastenings removed, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same. Y l

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates the rear ,portion of a wagon-body, which may be of any ordinary or approved construction,and B the tail or end gatethereof .to form an eye, d, from which extends,at ap! proximately right angles, an arm, D, and a lever, E. The free end of this arm Dis directed inwardly, as shown at e, to engage the forward side ofthe rear standard of the wagonbody. Hinged in this eye d is one end of a bar or arm, F, to which is secured, at a suitable distance from the said hinge,a rectangular arm, G, which may be of a length equal to the thickness of the end-gate, and this arm is designed to enter the slot of the said gate. Secured tothe inner end of thisarm G is a plate, H, having at opposite ends forwardlydirected .branches f f, which are designed to embrace the side walls ofthe `body and also the rear standard thereof. Thus it will be seen that while the arm D engages the for,- ward side of the rearstandard of the body, the arms f f and they plate H will engage them.

the rear side thereof. Consequently when one is forced against one side of the standard the i other will be drawn against the opposite side thereof, thereby grasping the standards andholding the engaging end-gate in position to the body. f

At'the free end of the lever- E, and on the rear side thereof, is provided a flat spring, I, the opposite end of which is designed to bear against the outer side of the arm Thus it will be seen that this lever has its fulcrum on the pintle g in the eye d thereof, and that this Therefore, when the lever E has been pressed lpintle also forms the bearing for the arm D. -A

ment with the standard of the body, so that' the gate may be let down. v 4

In operation,it will be seen that the rods G 'are passed into the slotsin the top rail of the end-gate, as are also the armstD adjacent l to the hinge. ing against the plate F will keep it pressed against the outer side of theend-gate, and 'the fastenings thereby held to the gate.4 N ow,by pressing 'inwardly against the levers VE the By this means they spring pressarms D will be moved outward laterally, so

as to passv around` the standards to engage It will thus be seen that to unfasten the device it isonl y necessary to press against these levers, when the gate may be let. down,

theflevers being also pressed to allow the engaging-arms D to pass around the standards. .Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is- 1. The combination,with,the spring-pressed lever having the angular engaging-arni,of the plate hinged thereto, and the plate having embracing ends and connected to. the hinged plate, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with a wagonfbody andthe end-gate having its top rail slotted at opposite ends, of the fastening device consisting of the lever and its engaging-arm, thebar hinged to the angle thereof, the platehaving the embracing ends connected to the hinged plate by a rod, and the spring secured to the end of the lever and adapted to bear against t v 

